Nepotism + Lack of Leadership - Anonymous employee StockX Employee Review

if you’re into classism and egotism, you’ve found your place. just take a look at any of the negative reviews on here, and you’ll find that almost all come from the operations team- who are mostly all people of color being underpaid and asked to work in terrible conditions. the culture here is a joke, it’s mostly just tribes of sub-cliques, kinda like high school. what’s most important here is that there is ZERO diversity & inclusion - not one POC in a managerial role. the engineering team? all white dudes. upper management? you guessed it, all white dudes. what’s sad is that everyone’s sense of pride hinges on a pipe-dream being sold by the owner and “founder” Dan Gilbert has made a living off of preying on the weak: his basketball team, home loans, casinos, and now the backs of optimistic individuals looking to make a name for themselves in the startup space. he’s even bought up most of downtown detroit so that when he convinces these clowns to move there, he can collect his money back from the paycheck you’re getting via the absurd rent prices in his buildings! the only thing bigger than Luber’s ego is the amount of free-loading this dude gets away with off Gilbert. catch him at cavs games, getting there on Gilbert’s jet, and bet he’ll make zero point to talk to you. forget about getting any talking time with him in the office, he spends most of his time on his “nap couch” (where it became the biggest joke thanks to good ol brown-nosing). you’d think this dude was from royalty the way he looks down on his peasants, all while wearing a hat and flip flops. the worst part is he’s made himself solely responsible for “being the face of the company” - gets away with saying so much bs, because no one at his company has a backbone and will tell him anything. it makes me sick. it’s no secret that sneakers aren’t what they once used to be, and street wear is no longer a subculture. thanks to stockx, they’ve poured gasoline on top of an already burning culture. the only thing dying faster is the stockx user base. talk to any one who uses it, if you’re not one of the sellers preying on kids who can’t access the overly-hyped releases nowadays, you hate how long it takes to get your goods in the mail, interacting with their customer service, etc. don’t get me wrong, like i said in the pros there’s some really talented and awesome people i’ve met working there. some of the smartest and aspirational people i’ve ever met. the one thing they have in common? 90% of them have already moved onto to something better.